Composer, conductor, theatre director and John Wayne look-alike. Born Germany. Came to London in 1839, heavily in debt. Stayed at 23-25 Old Compton Street where he begun the Flying Dutchman, inspired by the rough crossing he had just endured.
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Richard Wagner
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Edward Dannreuther
Edward Dannreuther, musician, 1844 - 1905, lived here 1873 - 1894. Host to Ri...
Spirit of Soho Mural
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Pete Quaife
Musician. Born Peter Alexander Greenlaw Kinnies in Tavistock, Devon. His mother became pregnant after an affair with an American serviceman. She married after the war and the whole family took her ...
1 memorial
Sir John Barbirolli, C. H.
Conductor Laureate, Hallé Orchestra, and cellist.  Born Southampton Row, as Giovanni Battista Barbirolli, of a musical Italian family.
4 memorials
B. D. Laughton
Student of Trinity College of Music, killed in WW1.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
1 memorial
Paul McCartney
Musician and songwriter. Born Liverpool. One of the four Beatles. March 1969 married Linda Eastman.
4 memorials
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